pupilage

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Strong-willed or not, he would have to leave things alone during his pupilage.

From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis

Most of us were shy to speak out in that presence, feeling ourselves in a state of pupilage.

From Four Americans Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

Is it that the dignity of genius forbids it, or that pupilage is half a disgrace?

From How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction by Anonymous

His pupilage with Sir Joshua prevented his falling into the washed leather and warm drab errors of tone that then distinguished the English school of historical painting.

From Art in England Notes and Studies by Cook, Dutton

The doctors of Ancient Rome took no regular course of study, nor were any standards specified, but as a rule knowledge was acquired by pupilage to a practising physician, for which a honorarium was paid.

From Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine by Elliott, James Sands